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Army Blasts Iraq Rebels With Artillery
The Las Vegas Sun ^
| May 03, 2004 at 12:06:44 PDT
| ASSOCIATED PRESS
Posted on 05/03/2004 5:51:44 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. troops battling insurgents in west Baghdad pounded rebel positions with artillery fire Monday, the Army said.
Troops from the Army's 1st Cavalry Division called for artillery support, and the division's gunners opened fire, launching a series of rounds from 155mm self-propelled Paladin artillery pieces, said Lt. Col. James Hutton.
The series of eight or more heavy blasts caused by the shelling could be heard in central Baghdad Monday night.
Hutton had no information on casualties or the nature of the fighting.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: baghdad; fampl; fapl; iraq
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Oooorah
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posted on
05/03/2004 5:55:40 PM PDT
by
Ben Chad
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
If you're going to be one, you'd better be a Big Red One.
God Bless our troops.
3
posted on
05/03/2004 5:56:56 PM PDT
by
caisson71
To: Ben Chad
A 155 will definitely rearrange your furniture!
Artillery - King of the battle.
4
posted on
05/03/2004 5:58:38 PM PDT
by
taxcontrol
(People are entitled to their opinion - no matter how wrong it is.)
To: Cannoneer No. 4
Paladins pound stuff ping.
5
posted on
05/03/2004 6:10:39 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Fortune for the day: I call upon the gods of STERNO and MATCHLIGHT to take care of the evil DUers!)
To: caisson71
Troops from the Army's 1st Cavalry Division called for artillery support, and the division's gunners opened fireIf you're going to be one, you'd better be a Big Red One
The Big Red One is the 1st Infantry Division, not the First Cavalry Division.
To: Darksheare; Cannoneer No. 4; Eagle Eye; Allegra
West Baghdad is a new area of insurgents, isn't it?
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posted on
05/03/2004 6:18:25 PM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
That it is.
Seems they want to try to create problems in false hopes of 'stirring up the locals' to join their 'cause'.
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posted on
05/03/2004 6:21:23 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Fortune for the day: I call upon the gods of STERNO and MATCHLIGHT to take care of the evil DUers!)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Eight???!!! Why not 800??!! Why not 8,000??!! Why not 8 megatons?!
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posted on
05/03/2004 6:23:17 PM PDT
by
lancer
(Don't ever accept less of yourself than you are capable of!)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
"When you care enough to send the very best...call for Artillery Support!"
10
posted on
05/03/2004 6:28:30 PM PDT
by
Redleg Duke
(Stir the pot...don't let anything settle to the bottom where the lawyers can feed off of it!)
To: lancer
Are you a charter member of the Nuke Em Till they Glow Club?
11
posted on
05/03/2004 6:29:06 PM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
To: Darksheare
Pull the string on a FAMPL ping, FAMPL 6.
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posted on
05/03/2004 6:33:12 PM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
indeed, it does seem to be. why use artillery, aren't air strike more effective?
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I believe most of the insurgency in Baghdad is from western Baghdad in collusion with Sadr militia men.
A bunch of Fallujans moved to settle in Western Baghdad after April 9, 2003.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Hit 'em in da left knee... Hit 'em in da right knee... Den hit 'em in da udder knee!!!
Hit 'em agin, harder, harder!!!
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posted on
05/03/2004 6:41:58 PM PDT
by
SierraWasp
(What's the Magnitude and the Amplitude or your Attitude of Gratitude... Dude? USA! USA! USA!!!)
To: SierraWasp
Careful now, we must be sensitive to the Mullahs.
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posted on
05/03/2004 6:44:06 PM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
To: lancer
A kiloton or two should do it BUMP!
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posted on
05/03/2004 6:48:14 PM PDT
by
PISANO
(Our troops...... will NOT tire...will NOT falter.....and WILL NOT FAIL!!!)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I'd like ta give 'em a golden shower!!!
18
posted on
05/03/2004 6:54:22 PM PDT
by
SierraWasp
(Two... Four... Six... Eight... We don't wanna mitigate!!! GovernMental EnvironMentals are insatiable)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
So much I could say about this one...
But I can't.
I'm pretty much right in that area...
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posted on
05/03/2004 10:38:08 PM PDT
by
Allegra
(Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, MUSHROOM!)
To: oceanview
Arty - arrival time 30 seconds. Air - arrival time 30 minutes.
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posted on
05/03/2004 10:42:51 PM PDT
by
JasonC
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